Motion Picture News (Sept-Oct 1921)

October 22, i g 2 i 2171 Pathe Releases for Oct. 16 Are Announced PATHE announces its list of short-subjects scheduled for release the week of October 16th. Heading the list is " The Honor of Rameriz," starring Tom Santschi. In the supporting cast are: Ruth Stonehouse, Bessie Love, Edward Hearns, Thomas Lingham, and Jay Morley. " Snub " Pollard appears in the one-reel comedy, " Law and Order." Pollard appears as a conscientious districtattorney seeking to bring a local " Klein " of auto thieves to justice. Gaylord Lloyd is featured in cinother comedy titled " Dodge Your Debts." On the list is the fourth episode of Charles Hutchison's serial, " Hurricane Hutch " The title is "SmashThrough," and the chapter is said to present the star in some unusual feats of daring. " The Frog and the Ox " is the title of the release in the Aesop's Film Fables series. The Pathe Review presents in Pathecolor scenes from the Vosges Mountains in France. " Sand and Sunshine " is the title of Hy Mayer's Capitol Travelaughs, and the slowmotion subject presents some amusing views taken in New York Zoological Park. Strong Cast Supporting Tom Santschi In "The Honor of Rameriz," which Pathe will release on October 16, it is promised that picture patrons will see a Tom Santschi two-reeler western elevated to the status of an intensely dramatic feature through the excellence of the story and the proved quality of the supporting cast. With this object in view. Producer Cyrus J. Williams engaged Bessie Love for a role of importance equal to that allotted to Ruth Stonehouse — which means that Santschi is supported by two screen favorites who have stellar records of their own. The men in the cast of principals are Edward Heam, Thomas Lingham and Jay Morley, each of whom has a part calling upon his best abilities and energy. THE SON OF WALUNGFORD Special art ph»«.os of some of the principal characters in " Bits of Life," by the Los Angeles photographer. Nelson Evans. A First National attraction Universal Buys Noted Stories UNIVERSAL has bought more than a dozen novels and short stories from the best-known writers in America as vehicles for its six Special Attraction stars. Frank Mayo will appear in several notable Special Attractions written by eminent authors. A Clarence Buddington Kelland novel, " W ards of the North " which appeared in the American Magazine, will be filmed under the title " Mischief." Another punch-full North Woods story for this star will be "Out of the Silent North," written by Harry Drago and Joseph Noel. These two stories, together with his forthcoming feature "Doctor Jim," furnish the popular star with a trio of sure-fire vehicles which go far in cementing Mayo's grip on the many fans who look forward to seeing him in strenuous outdoor roles of this sort. "Ropes," a tense story of adventure by Wilbur Daniel Steele, which appeared in Harper's Magazine, has been purchased for Miss du Pont. The blonde star portrays the character of a lighthouse-keepers daughter and the script affords excellent opportunity for this actress to demonstrate unusual dramatic ability. Paul Scardon, will supervise the making of this fivereeler. The story is teeming with thrills, full of absorbing incidents and is a narrative well suited to Miss du Font's type of beauty and talent. Many opportunities for magnificent and artistic photographic effects abound in the story, it is said. For Hoot Gibson, Universal's newest star, there have been bought two stories, "Trimmed and Burning" and "Sou'west." "Trimmed and Burning," by Hapsburg Liebe appeared in Colliers. "Princess Virtue" has been chosen as the next starring vehicle for Marie Prevost. The chic little star will begin work on the new feature the latter part of the week under the direction of George Cox, who has been specially appointed to handle the Prevost picture. Louise Winter is the author of Miss Prevost's new story, the continuity of which has just been completed by Doris Schroeder, who is also responsible for the scenarios of her first two Universal suc Popular Writers Contribute Vehicles for Six Stars cesses. Casting is now in progress for the story and the list of supporting players soon will be announced. Another Prevost story bought h> Universal for the former bathing beauty is "Sandman." This appealing narrative received considerable praise when it appeared in Telling Tales Magazine. "Sandman" was written by J. U. Giesy and W. M. Clayton. Gladys Walton is assured of two splendid vehicles, "The Guttersnipe" by Percival Wilde and "Kind Deeds" by William Slavens McNutt, which appeared in the Metropolitan Magazine. "The Guttersnipe" is a typical Walton role, almost made-to-order for the winsome, hoydenish star. It is the narrative of one Mazie O'Day who is the life of the Gas House district in New York's little Ireland, Miss Walton, ever fond of a good scrap, has ample opportunity to display her fistic ability in this forthcoming feature which will be directed by Dallas Fitzgerald from the continuity by Wallace Clifton. Herbert Rawlinson, Universal's newest masculine star, will appear in "The Black Bag," the internationally famous mystery story by Louis Joseph Vance, and "Molloy Campeador" by R. G. Kirk, which appeared in a recent issue of the Saturday Evening Post. Cast of "Hail the Woman" Includes Florence Vidor, Hughes, Theo. Roberts, and Madge Bellamy THE tendency of producers to make their big specials with casts composed entirely of players of outstanding prominence and popularity instead of with single stars is emphasized by the announcement of the cast of " Hail the Woman," the forthcoming Thomas H. Ince production which will be released late this Fall as a First National attraction. When C. Gardner Sullivan, of the literary staff of the Ince studios, submitted the story of " Hail the Woman " to Mr. Ince it was obvious that the production required not one star but half a dozen. Florence Vidor, whose work in several Thomas H. Ince productions has been so remarkable that she holds rank as a star, was plainly the most suited for the role of Judith Beresford, heroine of the story, and she was cast by John Griffith Wray, the director for the first place in the cast. The part of David Beresford, Judith's brother, required a player who could portray a youth of weak characteristics as compared with the stronger personality of the sister, without sacrificing the sym pathy of the audience, and Lloyd Hughes, who has played most successfully in the past with Florence Vidor, was selected. An arrangement was made with Jesse L. Lasky for the services of Theodore Roberts, making a third player of star proportions a member of the " Hail the Woman " cast, and Gertrude Clair was cast for the " mother " part. Madge Bellamy got the role of Nan Higgins, the " wronged " girl in " Hail the Woman." Tully Marshall, famed for her character portrayals, Vernon Dent, * Edward Martindel, Charles Meredith, and Mathilde Brundage — every one a well-known player and a favorite with the screen public — have parts of importance in the production. Eugenia Hoff^man, an amazingly clever baby, and Murial Frances Dana, a child actor of unusual ability, have roles that are far from insignificant. Mr. Ince has proclaimed " Hail the Woman " his " great American drama of today," and preliminary reports from the studios, where the picture has been completed and cut, indicate that it will fully meet every expectation.